Liberals accused of flirting with ‘far-right fringe’ after Sky News show where Indigenous voice compared to apartheid

Exclusive: Michaelia Cash, who was a guest on the show, says Cory Bernardi’s comparison of voice proposal to apartheid South Africa ‘in no way reflects my view’

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The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, has accused the Liberal party of flirting with “the far-right fringe” of the referendum debate after the shadow minister, Michaelia Cash, appeared on a Sky News program where the host drew comparisons between the Indigenous voice and apartheid.

Cash, the shadow attorney general, responded that she did not endorse the comparison and said a ticker that ran on the screen during her interview did not reflect her view on the voice.

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